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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Ghanaian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Gifty Ohene-Konadu (born 23 November 1957)[1] is a civil servant[1] and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. She was the Member of Parliament representing Asante-Akim South constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana[2][3][4][5][6] in the 4th and 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[7][8][9][10] Currently, she holds the position of National Coordinator of the Monitoring and Evaluation Secretariat at the Office of the President.[11]

Early life and education

Gifty was born on 23 November 1957.[1] She hails from Juaso, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] She is a product of the University of Ghana.[12] She holds a degree in Sociology from the university.[12] Gifty also holds a diploma in Home Economics from the same university.[12] She obtained a Master's Degree in Development Studies with specialisation in public policy and administration from the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands.[12] She also acquired a master's degree in Gender, Peace and Security from Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra Ghana.[12]

Career

Gifty has a vast professional background as a consultant, researcher, and civil servant.[1] She gathered her experience while working as a principal project officer for 18 years at National Council for Women and Development (NCWD). Gifty worked with Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs as director of projects for 2 years. Other institutions she worked with include Ministry of Regional Cooperation and NEPAD and the Office of the Head of Civil Service as director of F&A and director of HR respectively.[1] She has international working experience with organizations like the International Union of Local Authorities and the International Organization for Migration.[11] Hon. Gifty was the former Coordinator for the President’s flagship industrialization agenda, One District One Factory during the first term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a position she held from 2017 to 2020.[11] By dint of her hard work and dedication, she was appointed as the National Coordinator of the Monitoring and Evaluation Secretariat at the Office of the President in 2020, a position she still holds.

Politics

Gifty is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1] She became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the general election in December 2004.[8][9] She run for a second term and won in 2008 General Elections.[10][9] She was the MP for Asante-Akim South constituency.[1][8][10][9] She was elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in the fourth and fifth parliaments of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[8][10][9][13] She was the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry in charge of Small and Medium Enterprises in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[12]

Elections

Gifty was elected as the member of parliament for the Asante-Akim South constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[8][14] She won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[8][14] Her constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[7] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[15] She was elected with 24,085 votes out of 40,384 total valid votes cast equivalent to 59.6% of total valid votes cast.[8][14] She was elected over Forkuo De-Graft of the National Democratic Congress, George Agyepong of the Convention People's Party and Andrews Frimpong an independent candidate.[8][14] These obtained 30.6%, 1.2% and 8.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.[14][8]

In 2008, she won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[10][9] Her constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[16] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[17] She was elected with 23,838 votes out of 38,744 total valid votes cast equivalent to 61.53% of total valid votes cast.[10][9] She was elected over De-Graft Forkuo of the National Democratic Congress and Quao Ebenezer of the Convention People's Party.[9][10] These obtained 36.73% and 2.74% respectively of the total votes cast.[9][10]

Personal life

Gifty is Christian.[1] She fellowships with the Seventh Day Adventist.[1] She is married with three children.[1]

See also

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